Bakare Surname
Approximately 110,114 people bear this surname
Bakare Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 101,934 | 1:1,738 | 231 |
| India | 3,523 | 1:217,731 | 12,899 |
| England | 1,027 | 1:54,253 | 6,602 |
| Iran | 749 | 1:102,513 | 9,962 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| United States | 634 | 1:571,702 | 46,905 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Zimbabwe | 384 | 1:40,204 | 6,215 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Ivory Coast | 109 | 1:211,663 | 8,884 |
| Benin | 86 | 1:120,181 | 13,205 |
| Canada | 73 | 1:504,734 | 42,927 |
| Ireland | 39 | 1:120,742 | 6,025 |
| United Arab Emirates | 33 | 1:277,645 | 19,302 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Iceland | 20 | 1:19,004 | 1,557 |
| Scotland | 19 | 1:281,780 | 13,396 |
| Spain | 18 | 1:2,597,335 | 59,996 |
| Germany | 15 | 1:5,367,031 | 196,901 |
| Liberia | 10 | 1:440,854 | 21,753 |
| Poland | 10 | 1:3,800,875 | 132,137 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Ecuador | 7 | 1:2,272,264 | 23,377 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Syria | 4 | 1:4,825,256 | 12,827 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1:5,629,059 | 132,535 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Bakaré (2) are calculated separately.
Bakare (6,540) may also be a first name.
Bakare Demographics
Bakare Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Bakare Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakare Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Bakare (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻜﺎﺭ, Hindi: बाकरे, Marathi: बकरे, Russian: Бакаре) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as: Bakaré. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakare? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bakare is the 5,143rd most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 66,182 people. The last name Bakare is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Bakare reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 81,094th most numerous forename throughout the world It is held by 6,540 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 101,934 people, or 1 in 1,738. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 29 percent are found, Ogun, where 15 percent are found and Osun, where 15 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 57 countries. It is also common in India, where 3 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
Bakare Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Bakare surname is primarily Muslim (51%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Bakare are 42.92% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 96.15% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Bakare earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 12.46% less than the national average, earning R 208,032 per year; in United States they earn 3.28% more than the national average, earning $44,564 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.79% less than the national average, earning $47,802 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bakare Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bakare in the Marathi language | ||
| बकरे | bakare | 91.47 |
| बाकारे | bakare | 3.18 |
| बाकरे | bakare | 2.22 |
| बकारे | bakare | 0.82 |
| भाकर | bhakara | 0.24 |
| शंकर | sankara | 0.24 |
| ओमकार | omakara | 0.1 |
| बाळकृ | balakr | 0.1 |
| बकरॆ | bakare | 0.1 |
| बरके | barake | 0.05 |
| वकरे | vakare | 0.05 |
| बालकृ | balakr | 0.05 |
| भेकरे | bhekare | 0.05 |
| बकर | bakara | 0.05 |
| भाकरे | bhakare | 0.05 |
| Bakare in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻜﺎﺭ | bkar | 66.67 |
| ﺑﻜﺎﺭﻱ | bkary | 33.33 |
| Bakare in the Hindi language | ||
| बाकरे | bakare | 50 |
| बकारे | bakare | 50 |
| Bakare in the Russian language | ||
| Бакаре | bakare | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Bakare
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